Bullfrog Productions was a Britishvideo game developer, founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux.[1] The company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous.[2] At the time of the company's founding, Edgar and Molyneux were already involved in an enterprise called Taurus Impact Systems.[1] Bullfrog's name was derived from "Taurus" (the Latin word for bull) and Edgar's daughter's love of frogs.[citation needed]

An early 1995 article in GamePro stated that "Bullfrog's work has been termed some of the most innovative by industry leaders, and it's pioneered different genres of software."[6] The same year, Next Generation similarly asserted that "Bullfrog has earned a reputation as one of the most consistently innovative and imaginative development teams in the world."[7]

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Following a move to Chertsey in 2000, the last titles to bear the company logo were published in 2001. Bullfrog Productions was finally incorporated and merged into EA on 31 August 2001 upon the formation of EA UK, effectively closing the studio. Bullfrog's website remained until spring of 2002, at which point the website link took visitors to Electronic Arts Europe instead.

Many former Bullfrog employees have remained within the games industry since the closure of the company. Peter Molyneux would stay on with Lionhead Studios until the formation of 22Cans in February 2012. Les Edgar later became EA's Vice-President of European Studio, and although he has some involvement with the games industry, is now focused on other ventures.[2] In August 2009, Electronics Arts was considering revising some of Bullfrog's games for modern-day systems,[8] and in 2011 they signed a deal with Good Old Games in order to do this.[citation needed]

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Bullfrog started development on but then cancelled many projects. These include The Indestructibles in 1996, Creation in 1997, Void Star in 1998, Theme Resort, Extinction and Genesis: The Hand of God in 1999 and Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld along with Theme Movie Studio both in 2000.[9][10][11]